16 month old

I'm a first time young mom and my son is 16 months old. He is constantly on the go, "a going concern" he loves to climb and is very defiant, as in you tell him no and he continues. We smack fingers and swat the bottom but don't know how to correct this behaviour?

Madden also takes a soother and we are trying to ween him off of it... any ideas?

Too early to potty train? When is a good time and how do I start?

I'm a first time young mom and my son is 16 months old. He is constantly on the go, "a going concern" he loves to climb and is very defiant, as in you tell him no and he continues. We smack fingers and swat the bottom but don't know how to correct this behaviour?

Madden also takes a soother and we are trying to ween him off of it... any ideas?

Our daughter is quite defiant as well. She will laugh when you say no and do whatever it was over and over again. She is finally growing out of that stage now at 17 months. I just try to distract her with something else and give her a stern no. Very stern. She gets the idea now. She just usually wants anything I'm into. Examples: the stove, oven, toilet, shower, laundry. She actually knows how to start the washer and the dryer! She's closed the door on the washer and started a load before I got the last few things in, and it locks so I'm out of luck.

Our daughter is quite defiant as well. She will laugh when you say no and do whatever it was over and over again. She is finally growing out of that stage now at 17 months. I just try to distract her with something else and give her a stern no. Very stern. She gets the idea now. She just usually wants anything I'm into. Examples: the stove, oven, toilet, shower, laundry. She actually knows how to start the washer and the dryer! She's closed the door on the washer and started a load before I got the last few things in, and it locks so I'm out of luck.

We have a major climber, like he climbs on everything. We've started time out and it's working. We also bought a climbing toy so he has one approved item to get his climb on. As for the soother, we went a few nights paci-free and it took him about 1.5 hours to fall asleep so we just said, screw it, he can have them at bed but we've been a paci-for-bed-only for a while now. No clue about potty training, when he's ready we'll just know.

We have a major climber, like he climbs on everything. We've started time out and it's working. We also bought a climbing toy so he has one approved item to get his climb on. As for the soother, we went a few nights paci-free and it took him about 1.5 hours to fall asleep so we just said, screw it, he can have them at bed but we've been a paci-for-bed-only for a while now. No clue about potty training, when he's ready we'll just know.

I have two, both climbers and one in the defiant stage right now. It can be pretty awful at times. I try to teach them safe ways to climb and get down and remove stuff that they won't stay off. If they are throwing a tantrum, I just walk away or remove them and let them have their fit. It is actually working with one of them. I think this is tough time period because they know what they want, but you can't always communicate with them. Our doctor said when the start waking up dry from naps, they may be ready for training.

I have two, both climbers and one in the defiant stage right now. It can be pretty awful at times. I try to teach them safe ways to climb and get down and remove stuff that they won't stay off. If they are throwing a tantrum, I just walk away or remove them and let them have their fit. It is actually working with one of them. I think this is tough time period because they know what they want, but you can't always communicate with them. Our doctor said when the start waking up dry from naps, they may be ready for training.

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